(Council Bluffs, Iowa) – A member of the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors says someone is sending out text messages saying he supports a plan that is opposite to what he supports, with regard to the August 1^st Special Election on how Pott. County Supervisors are elected. Newly elected Supervisor Jeff Jorgensen tells KJAN News he thinks the vote to change the method of election is over sour grapes on what transpired during the past two elections.

Jorgensen is the former Chair of the Pottawattamie County Republican Central Committee, who is known simply as “Jeff J.”

Jeff Jorgensen

A petition offering three plans on how the Supervisors are elected includes three options:

Plan 1 (or Plan A, as it’s also referred to): Leave everything as is, meaning electing the Supervisors At Large who can live anywhere in the county.

Plans 2 & 3 (B&C) involve breaking up the Supervisors into districts:

• Plan 2 says Pottawattamie County will be split into five districts with similar populations, and voters will vote on a board of supervisors from each district. Voters will be able to vote for all five candidates in this plan.
• Plan 3 says Pottawattamie County will still be split into the five districts, but voters will only be able to vote for the candidate in their district.

The districts have not been set, but in case Plan 2 or 3 passes, Council Bluffs will be split into four of those districts. One of the City’s districts will include parts of the county next to the Council Bluffs. Jorgensen says no one is supporting Plan 2.

Jorgensen supports Plan 1, but he says someone is sending out text messages stating he supports Plan C.

Screenshots courtesy Pott. County Supervisor Jeff Jorgensen.

It is illegal to impersonate an elected official. Jorgensen says he’s filed charges with the Council Bluffs Police Department, which has assigned a Criminal Investigations agent who will look into the matter. He said he has an idea of who might be sending the messages, but he doesn’t have the proof right now to make the allegations stick. He said also, there is a website that is promoting Plan C, “Plan 3 Project,” and that the person in charge he says, is also the Co-Chair for Concerned Citizens of Pottawattamie County.

Jeff Jorgensen says hopes everyone votes for Plan 1 (Plan A), “For unity for our county.” Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on August 1st, with early voting through July 30th at 4:30 p.m.